Kitchen-cabinet



' (NoModeL) S. E. JORDAN.

Kitchen Cabinet.

'No. 235,153. Patent ed Dec.'7,1880.

UNITED STATES SARAH E. JORDAN,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF ABBA, INDIANA.

KITCHEN-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,153, dated December '7, 1880.

Application filed June 30, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SARAH E. JORDAN, of Arba, in the county of Randolph and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Kitchen-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to produce a piece of furniture that will combine a folding table with a cabinet of drawers and closets so arranged that all the necessary kitchen utensils may be stored within convenient reach of the person using the table.

The invention consists of a kitchen-cabinet provided with a table having a drop-leaf and hinged front legs and having drawers in each end, a tier of three drawers, suitably partitioned, in the front, on one side of which tier is a closet having a screen-door, and on the other side two closets, the lower one containing a sliding flour or meal box. Above these drawers and closets are two sheet-metal shelves capable of being slid in and out, as desired. Above the shelves are two shallow closets having suitable doors and provided with sheetmetal floors.

In order that my invention may be more fully understood, 1 will describe it with reference to the accompanying drawing, which shows a perspective view of a kitchen-cabinet constructed according to my invention.

The tableAhas a hinged portion, B, adapted to be supported when in its elevated position by legs 0, hinged to the table at c. In one end of the table, below its top, slides a drawer, D, in a closet closed by a door, I), and in the other end slide two drawers, E F, in closets closed by doors E F. These three drawers are constructed, as shown, with their outer ends cut down, so as to leave just enough for a handle, g, and a narrow strip, G, and their sides beveled to meet the end, so that the drawer is accessible when the doors are open without the necessity of being pulled out unless it be desired so to do.

The drawer D is to be floored with tin or other sheet metal, and is intended to receive kettles, pots, and similar articles.

The drawer E is adapted for table-cloths,

napkins, &c., and the drawer F for bread-tray, pie-board, rolling pin, and other wooden articles.

On the front of the cabinet is a tier of three drawers, the lowest one, H, being divided into four compartments for salt, coffee, eggs, &c., the middle one, I, into a number of small divisions for spices, and the highest one, J, into two divisions for sugar. To the left of these drawers is a closet, K, closed at the end by a fine screen-door, L, and adapted for thereception of bread-pans, meal-sieves, coffee-pots, &c. To the right of the central drawers are two closets closed by doors M and N-the upper one, M, to receive pie-pans, receiptbooks, and other small articles, and the lower one having a large box-drawer, N, designed to contain about fifty pounds of flour.

Above the closets L and M are two sheetmetal shelves, 0 P, having wooden cleats o p, and adapted to slide in and out through slots in the face of the cabinet. The cleats 0 p serve as handles, and also as stops to prevent the shelves sliding in too far. These metallic shelves may be used to support hot pie-pans or to increase the table-room when it becomes crowded.

Q and R represent two shallow closets, closed by doors S and T and provided with sheetmetal floors, one serving for cake-pans, &c., and the other for skillets, griddles, &c.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

The kitchen-cabinet herein described, consisting of the table A, having leaf B, supported on hinged legs 0, and drawers D E F, inclosed by doors D E F, and provided with an upper case containing partitioned drawers H I J, sheet-iron shelves 0 P, gauze door L, drawer N, inclosed by drawer N, and compartments inclosed by doors M, S, and T, all constructed and arranged in the manner set forth.

SARAH E. JORDAN.

Witnesses:

H. W. HORN, J HEINER, M. D. 

